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Hut site

Eaglehill (Clonmore ED), County Carlow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hut site, Eaglehill, County Carlow, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Eaglehill (Clonmore ED)
County
Carlow
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
NULL
Coordinates
52.85356, -6.55837
SMR number
CW004-055001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 25 May 2011

Complex of two oval hut sites and small field. Hut A (CW004-055001-), defined by collapsed boulder wall (max. H 2 courses) with possible entrance at NW (max. diam. 3m). Hut B (CW004-055003-), c. 25m to ESE of A, defined by collapsed stone wall (max. diam. 2.5m). Poorly defined rectilinear enclosure (CW004-055002-) (dims. c 3m x c 13m), probably haggard constructed adjacent to face of outcrop, 3m SE of Hut B. See also metal working (CW004-051---- and CW004-052----) and hut site (CW004-043----).

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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